It was almost as if Amirhossein Shemshaki had a pre-determined number of spots he wanted to ladder up, because in the hand immediately following the elimination of Blais and Ringpa, he was all-in – and out.
We missed the hand, but did catch the fact that both he and Cristian Muset did have legit hands, so it definitely wasn’t a case of tournament suicide – rather, it was a classic race between pocket Queens and suited Ace-King. Christian took the chips and Amirhossein was sent to the Tournament Desk to pick up his payout ticket.
7th place: Amirhossein Shemshaki, $3,170
